06-07-2021, 12:29 AM
(06-06-2021, 08:53 PM)Kammrath Wrote: https://twitter.com/CallieCaplan/status/...0399447045
In game 7 the zone really really didnt work. Lets put it this way i prefer a mid ranger by Kawhi in man to man defense. Rather than the open 3 pointer by the non functioning zone. Its 3 vs 2 points. When they fall in as they did yesterday you go back to man defense and you try different defenders on kawhi. Personally i think Mavs should have experimented with different personel on Kawhi much like Clippers did with Luka. I wondered for instance whether KP could shut him down or disrupt him at very least. I think most of time it was DFS or Maxi but sometimrs you just have to try more. One one instance i noticed late in game7 burke and JB giving Kawhi troubles. Why not trying that more or someone else smaller just to give him differrent looks? It was too easy with always same defender. Then you can use the same effective style every time. Luka got like 1000 different looks he needed to process. Maybe Kawhi archilers heel would have been KP and smaller guys and a mix of different looks and personel. I mean the zone was fine in game 5 came as surprise. But game 7 we needed to go away for it when it stopped working.